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Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team revealed the livery of their new challenger at the Autosport International Racing Car Show in Birmingham, England.

The final night of the FIA World Rally Championship opening event in Monaco was the scene of crashes and stage cancellations. Once again Sebastien Loeb earned the 'Monte' win, and early points Citroen Total Abu Dhabi team.

For the first time in over a decade, the FIA World Championship will be without the 2003 World Champion Petter Solberg.

Sebastien Ogier and co-driver Julien Ingrassia dominated the winter rally in Sweden from qualifying to three days of tricky conditions. They topped it off by taking the Power Stage win for a clean sweep.

Monte Carlo shakedown saw former Citroen driver Thierry Neuville set the pace in his new ride with the Qatar World Rally Ford team. Sebastien Loeb, who is running a partial schedule this year, was second fastest.

A couple of hours before SS14, 75 per cent of the Turini roads were covered in snow and the white stuff was falling. Then it turned to rain, and the roads became a treacherous mix of snow, slush and water. Carnage ensued.

Østberg and Andersson as Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team’s nominated point scorers for all 13 rounds of next season’s championship contest.

Volkswagen versus Citroen for the final battle for the Swedish Rally victory will take place tomorrow between the two 'Sebs' who were teammates last year.

Rally d'Italia Sardegna

The unflappable Frenchman has led since the rally’s second stage: Sebastien Loeb holds a lead over Volkswagen's Sebastien Ogier by one minute and 47 seconds with one day remaining of the first FIA World Rally event in 2013.

Citroen Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team watched their ace expand his overall lead! Sebastien Ogier has the new Volkswagen Polo just 1min 34.8sec off the pace of "Seb", the champion!

Major change for Nasser Al-Attiyah as takes on new challenge in World Rally driving a Ford Fiesta RS instead of a Citroen DS3.

Both drivers will represent the State of Qatar alongside Nasser Al- Attiyah and Mads Østberg as the quartet look to make their mark on the world stage in the M-Sport Ford.

M-Sport press release

While Nasser Al-Attiyah recovers from illness that struck him over the weekend, Matthew Wilson has been named to take the wheel of the Qatar M-Sport Ford Festa RS in Sweden.

David Schilke, WRC correspondent